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Author Archives: Cath@VWXYNot?
Trees do the darndest things! (Part III)
STREAKERRRRRR!!!! (sorry, everyone. Again).
Posted in freakishness, nature, photos, Silliness
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Whining and opining
We (well, mostly Mr E Man) have spent the last couple of weeks booking flights and accommodation for a much-needed vacation in Puerto Rico. We’ve now got everything sorted except the car rental and the last night’s hotel and are … Continue reading
A frog on my blog is my goal and it’s gotten a “tee hee!”
Many thanks to Mermaid for forwarding me this most excellent email signature from a local frog biologist, and for securing Dr. Helbing’s permission to blog it! I remember a phase of DNA helix squiggles in email signatures in the early … Continue reading
Posted in art, nature, science, screenshots, Silliness
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“I’ll be the judge of that”
I’ve noticed a recent increase in the number of emails I receive that say things like “this is a polite reminder” or “this is a gentle reminder”. While there’s never anything in the message to contradict the sender’s choice of … Continue reading
Posted in communication, English language, grant wrangling
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Weird critters
I’ve found myself favouriting several similar posts from the “Dropping The Science” RSS feed lately, with no clear idea about what I was going to do with them. So here they are, in all their weird and wonderful glory, for … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, freakishness, furry friends, nature, photos
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There should be an APP for that!
(where APP = Automatic PDF Pusher) I have five browser tabs open to article abstracts, from four different journals. All five articles are currently published as provisional PDFs.
Posted in publishing, science, technology, the wonders of technology
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FIRST!
So last night, I was enjoying a friendly Twitter argument with @ScientistMother and @27andaphd about Tim Hortons commercials. During the course of our conversation, it transpired that both ScientistMother (born in Canada to foreign-born parents) and I (born in the … Continue reading
Posted in blog buddies, Canada, English language, family, fun with language, rants
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